Ink database to help forensic investigators identify ATM robbers

The Netherlands Forensic Institute has set up an ink database with ink traces from ATM robberies to help identify the robbers. If the police find money or a jacket with ink residue, the NFI can, therefore, determine that a suspect was likely involved in a certain ATM bombing. “It also happens regularly that we find suspects on the run with ink on their hands or in the car,’ Jos van der Stap, an ATM robbery specialist at the police, told the broadcaster. “The ink investigation can then prove that they were at the scene of the crime.” The new NFI database contains ink data from ATMs in the Netherlands and Germany.